see all jobs
Yotel for Heathrow and Gatwick airports
Yotel, the budget hotel group inspired by the Japanese capsule hotel concept, is to open its first two properties at Heathrow and Gatwick airports by mid-2006.
Heathrow’s Terminal 4 will see a 40-cabin hotel and a 50-cabin site will be built in Gatwick’s South Terminal after leases were agreed with the operator British Airport Authorities (BAA).
Each Yotel cabin will feature a double rotating bed, techno walls, monsoon shower, pull-down desk, Wi-Fi access and a flatscreen television.
The rooms will have windows that look into corridors rather than providing views of the outside world. The 10.5sq m (113sq ft) cabins will be marketed as low-cost, luxury accommodation. Customers will be able to book the cabins in four-hour sections.
Yotel was created by Yo! Sushi’s founder Simon Woodroffe and chief executive Gerard Greene. A third London Yotel site is planned to open in 2007. Details: www.yotel.com
See also Leisure Management January/February 2006: Interview with Gerard Greene
Visit www.leisuresubs.com or call +44 (0)1462 471913 to subscribe
More News
- News by sector (all)
- All news
- Fitness
- Personal trainer
- Sport
- Spa
- Swimming
- Hospitality
- Entertainment & Gaming
- Commercial Leisure
- Property
- Architecture
- Design
- Tourism
- Travel
- Attractions
- Theme & Water Parks
- Arts & Culture
- Heritage & Museums
- Parks & Countryside
- Sales & Marketing
- Public Sector
- Training
- People
- Executive
- Apprenticeships
- Suppliers